Bird Stamps

Bird Stamps Issued by the USPS – Some Current Some Older

Birds are everywhere. So much so we take them for granted. So it is not surprising that even governments take notice of them too. From all sorts of conservation efforts for certain bird species to printing bird stamps.

Yes bird stamps. I’m sure you’ve noticed them. And you don’t have to be a bird watcher or stamp collector.

Birds in Winter stamps currently available at the US Postal Service

In the US every so often there is a new bird stamp or often a series of several bird stamps. Stamp collectors get busy and buy first edition and certain blocks of stamps with plate numbers in the corner of a sheet of stamps.

That makes the stamps more valuable and rare to stamp collectors. This may have changed some since I was a teenager, long ago when I used to collect stamps. Not only can you buy US stamps at the post office or online there are a few other outlets where they can be purchased.

Coastal Birds Postcard Forever U.S. Postage Stamps

Here is another set of stamps currently available, as of 10/21/2018. This is a Coastal Birds Sheet of 20 Postcard Forever U.S. Postage Stamps by USPS. There are four birds pictured on stamps.

These stamps are for postcard postage. However, they can also be used towards total postage cost of any USPS mailing.

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Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps Poster

There are other products that take advantage of bird stamps. There are magnetic clips and posters to name just a couple of items.These stamps are commonly referred to as “duck stamps.” However their correct name is “U.S. Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps.” That’s what is shown on the poster. The migratory birds include not only ducks, but also swans, geese, and other waterfowl. The stamps represent an extremely successful United States government program.

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Songbirds Booklet of 20 USPS Forever Postage Stamps

Here is a Songbirds Booklet of 20 USPS Forever Postage Stamps. These are self-adhesive stamps issued in books of 20. These Stamps are for First Class Mail, or collection.

As with most stamps, they can also be used towards total postage cost of any USPS mailing. The issue date of the stamps: April 4, 2016.

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US State Birds and Flowers – Fifty 20 Cent Stamps Scott 1953-2002

Here is a pane of fifty 20-cent commemorative stamps. They feature the official birds and flowers of the fifty states in the United States. These stamps were issued April 14, 1982, in Washington, DC.

Handstamp pictorial cancellations were available in each state capital. The designers of the stamps were Arthur and Alan Singer of Jericho, New York, and the modeler was Peter Cocci. The stamps were printed in the photogravure process, with fifty stamps per pane.

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$10.00 Redhead Ducks 1987 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp

United States Scott RW54 $10.00 Redhead Ducks 1987 Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp. Mint never hinged. This is a collectible postage stamp. It is historical and educational. USARW54S1